Pocket for clothing



s. J. REIDBQRD `ET AL POCKET FOR CLOTHING April 6, 1943.

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Patented Apr. 6, 1943 POCKET FoRLo'rHING samuel J. Reinhard and zelik anchors, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application August 30, 1939, Serial No. 292,676

s claims. (ci. 2-24-8) Our invention relates to pockets.

The primary object of our invention is to provide a re-inforced pocket that will delay or prevent the usual wear that causes holes to form at the bottom corners or edges of the pocket.

Another object of our invention is to provide a method of making the re-inforced pocket quickly and inexpensively and to cause it to be long wearing.

By way of illustration of our invention, we have shown it applied to two modications, to a side pocket and to a back pocket.

As shown in the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 shows a plan View of a pocket base or piece of fabric material for a side pocket;

Figures 2 and 2-A show the pocket base Figure 1 with a re-inforcing strip sewed to the base with a corded seam along the upper edge of the strip;

Figures 3 and B-A show the base fabric folded double, with the re-inforcingstrip inside andsewed along the open bottom and side raw edges to join the fabric base and the re-inforcing strip along those raw edges, and to form the pocket;

Figures 4 and 4-A show the pocket of Figure B turned inside out and then re-sewed along the already sewed edge, to form the final iinished re-inforced side pocket;

Figure 5-A shows a shaped re-inforcing strip to be applied along the bottom of the pocket base;

Figure 5 shows a rectangular piece of strip as cut from a continuous roll, with the lower corners indicated where they are to be trimmed or cut olf, and the edges rounded to coincide with the rounded edges of the base fabric, after the first edge stitching.

As shown in Figure l, a pocket base of cloth I0 is cut to proper size and shape with curved top side edges I I and rounded bottom side edges I2 and straight bottom edge I3 to be made into a side pocket for trousers.

A reinforcing strip I5, as in Figure 2, is placed v along the lower border of the base It, and the top original raw edge I4 is turned under and the strip is sewed to the base by a corded seam I along the top folded edge l'l of the re-inforcing strip. The corded seam IE is formed by turning the original edges I4 of the strip under, to be engaged and sewed in by the thread of seam Iii, to prevent unravelling of the fabric of the reinforcing strip The lower original raw edge I3 and the side raw edges i9 of the re-inforcing strip are loose at this step, and are not sewed to the pocket base.

The next step is to fold the pocket base I!! and the connected strip I5 in such manner, along central axis 20, so as to double the re-inforcmg strip I 5 upon itself, within the base fabric, as in Figure 3. The base fabric and the enfolded strip are then sewed together by stitching 2l along the bottom raw edges I3 and I8, and up the side raw edges I2, I2 to point 22 as far as the pocket is to be formed.

The next step is to turn the pocket, so formed, inside out, with the re-inforcing strip on the outside of the pocket, as in Figures 4 and -A. The pocket is then re-sewed by stitching 2d along and through the new folded bottom edges 26 and 21 and along the side folded edges 28 and 29 to provide a doubly sewed edge, with the reinforcing strip sewed twice into the edge seam. The re-inforcing strip is now on the outside of the pocket, and, because of the manner inwhich it is attached to the pocket base It), the re-inforcing strip is held closely against the base fabric I l and re-inforces it as a laminated structure, rather than merely as an additional loose back-up fabric.

The pocket is now finished, and ready to be applied to the trousers.

Thus, by the procedure outlined, the re-inforced pocket is made easily, quickly and economically without time-consuming or expensive deviations from normal standard practice.

In actual practice, we prefer to use a rectangular strip I5a cut from a continuous roll, and to cut the strip to the width of the base fabric. One edge of the strip is sewed by the cord stitch as already described.. When the base and the strip are folded and stitched along the base and side edges, the excess corners |517 of the strip are cut olf, and the pocket turned inside out as described, and restitched.

Our invention is not limited to the type of pockets shown, nor to the specifically detailed steps of operation, since modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

1. The method of making a re-inforced pocket which consists in sewing a re-inforcing strip transversely along the lower portion of a pocket base fabric by a corded seam along the top edge of the strip, folding the two about a vertical line and stitching the raw contour edges of the base fabric and the re-inforcing strip, to form a pocket with the re-inforcing strip folded inside, turning the pocket thus formed inside out, to place the reinforcing strip on the outside of the pocket,

ing a curved corner at one bottom side edge, 5

comprising a base piece of material, a re-inforcing strip disposed transversely along a lower portion of the pocket, a corded stitch seam along the upper edge of the strip, and a double stitch along the-bottom and side edges, of thestiip,Y 10

one stitch-fbeing-g through ,the base= andth'e strip-s` flat, and the second stitch being through the strip and the base folded over by turning thev` pocket inside out.

. 3. A method of making a re-inf0rced1 side\-15l lpocket for trousers, which comprises; cutting.;V to.Y shape and size a base piece of the fabric toberused, with two opposite side bottom corners rounded to permit the base tol--belfolded;about-A a vertical line to place the rounded corners together, placing a narrow rectangular strip across the lower portion of the base from side to side and to cover the curved corner edges, and cutting the strip to the Width of the single unfolded base piece, then cord stitching the top edge of the strip to the base While the base is flat, folding the base and the strip to double them upon each other With the strip inside, stitching the bottomandside edges of the-4 doubled material. as a unit, trimming` off theexcess of the strip beyond the rounded edges of the base, turning the pocket thus formed inside out, and then re-stitching the refolded edges along the bottom andupithe side to the point Where the opening of the-pocket is to remain.

SAM. J. REIDBORD.

ZELIK REIDBORD. 

